Novoneel Chakraborty

Garv Roy Gill and Yahvi Kothari meet at an airport lounge by chance. Six months later they find themselves consumed by the proverbial once-in-a-lifetime kind of love. Bored with their mundane daily routine, their adventurous streak makes them decide, one day, to escape the present and begin a new reality somewhere far, far away. Just that the day they are supposed to meet and escape, Yahvi doesn't turn up. Then she doesn't respond to Garv's phone calls or messages. And mysteriously Yahvi vanishes altogether. Days later, as a grieving Garv stumbles upon her Instagram profile, which he didn't know existed, he is shocked to realize that her every post is probably a clue to the truth behind her disappearance. Except, the more he unearths the meandering truth, the more he learns about a certain side of Yahvi which changes the way he saw her. And the way he understood love. Cross Your Heart, Take My Name is a beguiling tale about urban loneliness, fickle relationships and our need for companionship as depicted by the twisted journey of two individuals, caught up in their own emotional plight, blurring the lines between crime and sin.

Cross Your Heart, Take My Name

Srijita Sarkar 

I looked out as I exhaled a puff of smoke, admiring the vivid splash of color that was already appearing at the horizon despite the blanket of smog.

I realized it was not about the number of meetings or the amount of time that you spent with a person, it was about how intense your feelings were for each other, how strong the bond was.

'Yes. That makes monotony even more monotonous.'

What was he supposed to do? Forget her like a vivid dream? Or remember her like a distant reality?

Words help create connections, but the best 

'Sometimes we are so enamoured by the aura of mystery and romance created by the "what if" 

that we convince ourselves it is better than the 

'If it doesn't change you, is it love?' I asked softly.

Sometimes it was better to presume things about your partner rather than let the knowledge of certain truths manipulate your emotions.

'I mean this loneliness isn't situational. It's more a state of the soul, right.

I realized what I needed was companionship. 

Someone who would be there for me whenever I wanted them to. Someone with whom I could do whatever I wanted to without any second thoughts. To share my thoughts, my feelings, my impulses, my quietude and my chaos. Sex was a part of that need but not the whole for sure. Not for me.

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